The Chainda Slum
Chainda slum in Lusaka, Zambia is an unplanned settlement of over 40,000 people who live on one square mile of land. Approximately 55% are under the age of eighteen! The average family (six family members) in Chainda lives on $1/day US dollars.
Christ Life selected the land for the first campus in close proximity to the slum to allow for easy outreach. Christ Life regularly visits the slum to offer care packages and the good news of Jesus. Service is held every Sunday in the Chainda Center and adult education is offered during the week.
Over 2,400 individuals benefited out of this project.
Distributing Food & Water in the Chainda Slum
November 2025
Sipiwe
Sipiwe and her daughter Princess were so sorrowful about their life in the Chainda Slum, they had decided to end their lives by drinking poison. They turned on the radio to drown out their cries and heard Pastor Mulenga preaching the Good News of Jesus Christ. Sipiwe decided to call and Pastor Mulenga answered the phone. He counseled her, led her to Christ and later provided her with employment at The Chainda Center as a cook. Now Sipiwe’s daughter attends Christ Life School and is consistently at the top of her class. Sipiwe serves each child at The Chainda Center with love and compassion. She understands the desperate situation of those that live in the Chainda Slum and she now visits with them, cleans them, brings them food and tells them about our Lord.
November 2024
Providing Water to the Community
Zambia is experiencing a historic drought. By God’s grace, the recently built borehole well on the new Chainda Center land is providing much needed water to the community.
February 2022
Boy Abused
While visiting Chainda Slum, Christ Life Church found Micheal. This young boy had been abused by his mom who had cut off both one of his toes and fingers. Police arrested the mother and left the child with his sick grandmother. Christ Life Church adopted Micheal and his young sister and started providing food and educational support, as well as medication for the grandmother.
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January 2022
Food Delivery to the Slum
Christ Life Church was able to deliver much-needed breakfast meal, sugar and cooking oil to some of the families in Chainda.
July 2020
Chainda Health Center Renovated by Christ Life Church
Chainda Clinic is a government funded clinic that serves over 60,000 people. In July 2020, Christ Life Church reached out to the clinic with donations that helped the clinic staff serve the community better. The Church gave them buckets, washing and cleaning soaps, hundreds of face masks, sprayers for disinfecting the clinic, AA batteries for high blood pressure machines, washing buckets, hand sanitizers, and many other items.